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Tonamel on 6/3/2008 at 17:35

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... and why does this remind me of The Tick?

When I saw that pic of Night Owl, my initial response was "Wait, what's Die Fledermaus doing in this thread?"

henke on 6/3/2008 at 17:51

Kiss Fan With A Shotgun, Wannabe-Batman, Darkman and some other latex-enthusiasts team up against the forces of evil, eh? Zack Snyder, eh? I have no idea what Watchmen is but this looks like it will be fun. :)

Marecki on 6/3/2008 at 19:48

Okay, why does Night Owl look like minimally-redone Batman? Where's the middle-aged guy with a gut? And what's with the fake muscles on Ozymandias' outfit? Keep it more real guys, remember that Moore's watchmen were mostly people who came up with their gear in garages, loosely speaking... Then again, it's too late to complain about that isn't it.

henke: Look (http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=1462) here. In a nutshell, it's a story of an alternate reality in which a/ there were many masked heroes (not superheroes, I've emphasised this because it's important - even though there are of course exceptions), and b/ the government has eventually made the activities of most of them illegal. As for the plot itself... Well, it's Moore so instead of trying to explain I'd recommend you give it a shot.

Muzman on 6/3/2008 at 19:58

People are saying this stuff all over the place but I don't get it. Nite Owl was a Batman take off (please don't drag me through the origins of the character anyone. He's still a fine, upstanding tech and vehicle reliant vigilante like Batman pre 1986 and Moore knew it I'm sure) and that picture does not show a classically proportioned superhero. He looks chunky, pudgy, portly, familiar with the good life as it were.

ZylonBane on 6/3/2008 at 20:10

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Nite Owl was a Batman take off

Not quite. Nite Owl was Alan Moore's reimagining of Blue Beetle. Blue Beetle, however, was an intentional Batman ripoff (created within a year of Batman, way back in 1939).

Mingan on 6/3/2008 at 20:49

I'll take the scantily-latex-clad pyro-woman.

Have your nerd fun with the dudes.

Mr.Duck on 7/3/2008 at 00:20

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[Comicbook fan reaction]*Slaps you upside the effin' head*[/Comicbook fan reaction]

Read the graphic novel, me old cock :D

<3

Aerothorn on 7/3/2008 at 00:28

As noted above, the issue is more the script than the director. While a bad director can fuck up a good script, an awful script will make an awful adaptation no matter HOW great the director is.

David Hayter is a decent voice actor, but I dunno as a screen-writer. All the stuff he's done has been very comic-booky/blockbustery - and while this is a Hollywood adaptation of a comic, that does not mean those skills will work here, as Watchmen is very literary in nature - if the movie consists of explosions, slow motion backflips, and snappy one-liners, it will be disappointing. So the real questions are:

A. Does he have versatility as a screenwriter?
B. Has he gotten any good tips from Kojima?
C. Who the fuck is Alex Tse and is he any good?

ZylonBane on 7/3/2008 at 00:30

Quote Posted by Marecki

And what's with the fake muscles on Ozymandias' outfit?

His costume design is, apparently, an intentional jab at Batman's costume in Batman Forever.

Marecki on 7/3/2008 at 08:18

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Nite Owl was a Batman take off

However, his costume in the comic didn't look the least like Batman's.

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and that picture does not show a classically proportioned superhero. He looks chunky, pudgy, portly, familiar with the good life as it were.

Given my own impression and that you yourself have said a lot of people think otherwise, I'd say opinions vary a lot on the subject.

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His costume design is, apparently, an intentional jab at Batman's costume in Batman Forever.

Ugh. Could we please be done with postmodernistic-style pop culture references? I for one have had enough of this.

* gets ripped into pieces by a mob of reference-spotting fanboys *